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Post Graduate Diploma in Translation Studies

UNIT 421-1: LANGUAGE UNIVERSALS, UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR (UG) AND INTERTRANSLATABILITY 421.1.0: AIMS, OBJECTIVES & STRUCTURE      Study of language is a major concern of linguistic theory today. It is believed that identification of the deep rooted regulation among human languages will not only improve our understanding of how languages are structured, but will also reveal the processes involved in language acquisition and language loss and impairment. The search for a common base for natural languages has also attracted the attention of scholars engaged in different applied areas of linguistics such as language teaching, translation studies, lexicography and language programming etc.      In this unit, therefore, we will first discuss the concept of language universals and universal grammar (UG) mainly in the context of syntax. We will then briefly touch upon universals in other areas of grammar like phonology and morphology. In the second part of the unit we will see how language universals are viewed in translation and what could be its implication for a translator.      This unit will have the following structure: 421.1.1 Introduction 421.1.2 Historical Background 421.1.3.1 Two Major approaches to Language Universals 421.1.3.1.1 Typological Approach 421.1.3.1.2 Generative approach & Universal grammar 421.1.3.1.2.1 Substantive Universals 421.1.3.1.2.2 Formal Universals 421.1.3.1.2.3 Language Variation 421.1.3.2 Differences between the approaches 421.1.4 Phonological universals 421.1.5 Morphological universals 421.1.6 Semantic universals 421.1.7 Language universals in diachrony 421.1.8 Language universals in other areas 421.1.9.1 Language universals & Translation Studies 421.1.9.2 Vocabulary 421.1.9.3 Formal Equivalence 421.1.9.4 Conclusions 421.1.10 Summary 421.1.11 References Previous   Next     Top   ----Go to Unit---- Unit 421-1 Unit 421-2 Unit 421-3 Unit 421-4 Unit 421-5 Unit 421-6 Unit 421-7 Unit 421-8 Unit 421-9 Unit 421-10 Unit 421-11 Unit 421-12 Unit 421-13 ----Questions of the Unit---- Questions of the Unit 421-1a Questions of the Unit 421-2b Questions of the Unit 421-3a Questions of the Unit 421-4a Questions of the Unit 421-4b Questions of the Unit 421-4c Questions of the Unit 421-4d Questions of the Unit 421-4e Questions of the Unit 421-5a Questions of the Unit 421-5b Questions of the Unit 421-5c Questions of the Unit 421-5d Questions of the Unit 421-5e Questions of the Unit 421-6a Questions of the Unit 421-7a Questions of the Unit 421-7b Questions of the Unit 421-8a Questions of the Unit 421-8b Questions of the Unit 421-8c Questions of the Unit 421-10a Questions of the Unit 421-10b Questions of the Unit 421-10c Questions of the Unit 421-10d Questions of the Unit 421-10e Questions of the Unit 421-11a Questions of the Unit 421-11b Questions of the Unit 421-12a Questions of the Unit 421-12b Questions of the Unit 421-12c Questions of the Unit 421-12d Questions of the Unit 421-12e Questions of the Unit 421-13a Questions of the Unit 421-13b